Missing Person Photos
A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are unknown. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2 to 5 percent of missing children in Europe.
By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends.
A number of organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and images of missing children to improve the effectiveness of missing children investigations, including the International Commission on Missing Persons, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), as well as national organizations, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, Missing People in the UK, Child Focus in Belgium, and The Smile of the Child in Greece.
Resources for Missing Persons
According to current statistics, 4,000 people in the United States go missing every day.
Sometimes a child suddenly vanishes from the bus stop or the local park or even from their own yard or bedroom. Or a teenager doesn�t return home after a walk to the neighborhood grocery store or a bike ride or a party with friends.
Other times, an adult is mysteriously absent from their job or neighbors haven�t seen them for several days, and family and friends haven�t heard from them either.
Missing Person Photos
Anthony Hyatt Lobdell
Lobdell, date, approximate 2004
Date Missing 04/08/2004
Missing From
Bariloche, Argentina
Missing Classification Lost/Injured Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 07/06/1983 (39)
Age 20 years old
Height and Weight 5'11, 155 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A white t-shirt, a gray sweatshirt, olive zip-off Old Navy pants, gray sneakers, and a red and blue striped knit hat. The hat is shown in two of the photographs above.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Lobdell wears eyeglasses. He may have a beard and/or mustache. His nickname is Tony.
Details of Disappearance Lobdell was a student at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana at the time of his disappearance. He was enrolled in a Latin American study abroad program through the Institute for Study Abroad through Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The program sent Lobdell to southern Argentina, where he attended classes at the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo in Mendoza, a town just east of the Argentine/Chilean border. He arrived in Argentina on February 27, 2004, and last used his email account on April 7 of that year.
Lobdell was last seen on April 8, at a park in Bariloche, a ski resort town in the Andes Mountains in the Province of Rio Negro, Argentina. He was on spring break at the time and traveling the country. An American couple say they saw him on his way out of the park, and that he told them he would catch a bus back to downtown Bariloche.
On April 9, the day after he was last seen, Lobdell withdrew $36 from his Argentinian bank account through an ATM. He has never been heard from again. He was supposed to return to his host family's home on April 11, but did not. He was reported missing on April 15, when he failed to return to his university for classes.
When the police began investigating, they found Lobdell's passport, clothing and other personal belongings left behind in his hotel room, indicating that he only intended to be gone for a short time.
Argentinian investigators believe Lobdell did not meet with foul play but instead drowned in Lake Gutierrez, which in the Andes Mountains near Bariloche. Lobdell's footprints were found around the lakeshore, along with his backpack, camera, coat, diary, and lighter.
Police believe Lobdell got lost hiking back to the bus stop as darkness fell, developed hypothermia, became disoriented, and blundered into the lake.
Lobdell was born in Indianapolis and graduated Franklin Central High School. He was majoring in political science with a minor in Spanish at the time of his disappearance, and was a member of Wabash College's chapter of the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity.
He is nearly fluent in Spanish and is an experienced traveler in Latin America; he spent the summer of 2003 studying abroad in Ecuador. He was going to study in Spain in 2004, but his interest in Latin American politics and culture caused him to change his mind and sign up for the Argentinian program.
Lobdell's loved ones describe him as a responsible and studious person who would not leave voluntarily without telling others of his plans. Wabash College has held a memorial service for him. If he did indeed drown, his remains have not been found.
Although Lobdell disappeared in Argentina, Missing Person Photos is profiling his because he is an American citizen. His remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Other
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Indy Channel
Wabash College
IDS News
The Courier-Journal
Wish TV
. .
Missing Person Photos
A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are unknown. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2 to 5 percent of missing children in Europe.
By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends.
A number of organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and images of missing children to improve the effectiveness of missing children investigations, including the International Commission on Missing Persons, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), as well as national organizations, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, Missing People in the UK, Child Focus in Belgium, and The Smile of the Child in Greece.
Resources for Missing Persons
According to current statistics, 4,000 people in the United States go missing every day.
Sometimes a child suddenly vanishes from the bus stop or the local park or even from their own yard or bedroom. Or a teenager doesn�t return home after a walk to the neighborhood grocery store or a bike ride or a party with friends.
Other times, an adult is mysteriously absent from their job or neighbors haven�t seen them for several days, and family and friends haven�t heard from them either.
Missing Person Photos
